parallel of latitude

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A demarcation line and demilitarized zone roughly six miles wide shall run at about the 17th parallel of latitude along the Benhai River.

From Time Magazine Archive

Texas, as we know, claimed the Rio Grande from mouth to source, and thence the longitude to the forty-second parallel of latitude as her southwestern and western boundary.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William

You do not have to actually construct such a chart, as the Government has for sale blank Mercator charts for every parallel of latitude in which they can be used.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

As we approached the 40th parallel of latitude, my attention was again forcibly drawn to the phenomena of the winds.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

Its breadth, measured on a parallel of latitude, attains its maximum between St. David's Head, in South Wales, and the Naze, in Essex, where it amounts to 280 miles.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various